GEOG 315 Final: 315

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 315
• Professor: Lance Lesack

Document Summary

[10%] a. discontinuous permafrost: permafrost occurring in some areas beneath the exposed land surface throughout a geographic region where other areas are free of permafrost. b. serotinous cones: cones that are fire resistant and do not open and shed seed in the same year that they are grown scales of the cone are bound together by a resin like substance that softens only at high temperatures accompanying fires. This process is often associated with the formation of heterogeneous landscapes with unfertile bare areas separated by nutrient rich soil plots colonized by shrubs ( fertility islands ). i. ekman transport: part of ekman motion theory, is the term given for the 90 net transport of the water surface layer (the layer affected by wind) by wind forcing. j. abyssal region of the oceans : the deep sea (4,000 to 6,000 metres deep), this zone remains in perpetual darkness and never receives daylight.